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Old 16 January 2009, 00:03   #1
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New York plane crash and RIBs
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7832191.stm

Talk about lucky!!!

Nobody seriously hurt by the look of it - definitely a miracle and some cool flying as well.............

Noticed quite a few RIBs around!!!
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Old 27 January 2009, 00:40   #2
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From the footage I saw, the boats with orange sponsons that look like RIBS are actually SAFE Boats. They are aluminum hull with hard foam flotation. SAFE Boats is what the U.S. Coast Guard has standardized their small boat fleet with, at least the 25' and 33' models.
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i seems they have found out what happened
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i seems they have found out what happened
That definitely made me chuckle - see we DO need ID cards afer all...........
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Oh sure, blame Canada!
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Oh sure, blame Canada!
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BTW, if you're looking for justification for the increased price for 1st Class seating...

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As the Titanic passengers learned, sometimes it just doesn't pay to go econo...
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Old 30 January 2009, 22:51   #8
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It's nice to get caught up with this as I sit at the Calgary airport... I'll wave on my way past Toober... ;-)

I'm off to shoo the gooses off of the runway...
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